[[File:HigginsHelitours-GTA4-atwork.jpg|thumb|298px|A [[Helitours Maverick]] taking off at the Higgins Helitours helipad.]]

[[File:HigginsHelitours-GTA4-atwork.jpg|thumb|298px|A [[Helitours Maverick]] taking off at the Higgins Helitours helipad.]]

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'''Higgins Helitours''' is a helitour company in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and the [[Episodes of Liberty City]].''

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'''Higgins Helitours''' is a helitour company in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and the [[Episodes from Liberty City]].''

{{Template:Quote|So many things to see and people to do deciding where to go can be a daunting task in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. From [[Middle Park]] to [[Star Junction]] to [[Firefly Island]], this vibrant city is jam-packed with famous sites and landmarks. It will take you weeks to even scratch the surface. [[Weazel News]] will tell you that the only people interested in Liberty City's historic buildings these days are democracy-hating terrorists but the [[Triangle Building]], [[Grand Easton Terminal]], [[Civic Citadel]] and [[Rotterdam Tower]] are pieces of classic architecture not to be missed.|Part of a section from the GTA IV Guidebook, why it is easier to have a helitour than drive.}}

{{Template:Quote|So many things to see and people to do deciding where to go can be a daunting task in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. From [[Middle Park]] to [[Star Junction]] to [[Firefly Island]], this vibrant city is jam-packed with famous sites and landmarks. It will take you weeks to even scratch the surface. [[Weazel News]] will tell you that the only people interested in Liberty City's historic buildings these days are democracy-hating terrorists but the [[Triangle Building]], [[Grand Easton Terminal]], [[Civic Citadel]] and [[Rotterdam Tower]] are pieces of classic architecture not to be missed.|Part of a section from the GTA IV Guidebook, why it is easier to have a helitour than drive.}}

Contents

Description

A Higgins Helitours leaflet.

Higgins Helitours gives helitours using the company's own Mavericks at a price of $150 for each ride. A Higgins advertisement on TV boasts the advantages of helitours over bus tours, claiming a fun and safe adventure in the sky (while footage shows various helicopters crashing at land and sea; unfortunately, there is no such danger when the player takes a tour).

The company bases its operations at a landing platform situated off the shores of Castle Gardens and Fishmarket South, Algonquin. The layout of the landing platform as well as its location hint that the helipad may be based on the Downtown Manhattan Heliport in New York City, although the terminal building is completely different.

Pedestrians can be seen waiting in line to enter the helicopters. When a helicopter is free, at most three will approach and enter the helicopter. The pilot will take off, giving tours to them.

The name Higgins is apparently a reference to a character in the TV show Magnum P.I., and the tour company was originally to be named "Magnum Helitours"[1]. The company uses the slogan "We'll never go down on you", a reference to oral sex.

Flying all tours at least once will earn the player the Sightseerachievement. The different tours are obtainable by boarding each of the helicopters in turn. Not all helicopters will be there at the same time; usually two or three at a time are available.

Killing the pilot of a helicopter before he lands and after taking off without destroying the helicopter will continue the tour as it normally would until the helicopter lands which will cause it to continuously spin in circles.

Glitches

If you start shooting an airborne Higgins Helitours Maverick flying over your position with a Sniper Rifle, a three star Wanted Level will be given to you, just as if you were shooting an LCPDPolice Maverick. The Helitours Maverick will then fly towards you, and once again, just like an Police Maverick, it will begin to hover over you, even though there are no Police Officers inside.